If you’re picking up a Nintendo 3DS at launch, you’re likely suffering anxiety over which game to buy along with it. Let’s face it: the 3DS launch line up isn’t littered with winners. With more than ten launch titles available and only one North American 3DS unit in our possession, there was little chance we were going to get all of them reviewed in time for the big day. (I’m only one person; have mercy on me....
The Union Square GameStop in San Francisco is throwing a big oldResident Evil 5launch shindig on Thursday of this week, and if PR hype is to be believed, it’s going to be exciting! For one, you can pick up your copy ofResident Evil 5at midnight. But there’s more, including game tents, prize giveaways, the chance to meet the dev team, and hang out with the actors that voiced Chiris and Sheva....
Since Electronic Arts has a stranglehold on the NFL license, many gamers were curious as to what exactly 2K Sports would do when they announced they were getting back into the football video game biz with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titleAll-Pro Football 2K8. Details have at last beenrevealedand it doesn’t sound half bad: Imagine Rice, Unitas, Butkus, and Singletary.In their prime. On the same field.Maybe even the same team....
You see that horrible looking picture up there? It’s an actual, 100% official image fromDuke Nukem Forever. 3D Realms president George Broussard posted it himself onJob Seeker. The image is apparently in game and after ten years, that’s the best they could finally show to us. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bashing the graphics from the image. The game could have 32X graphics for all I care now. I’m bashing the fact that after all of this time, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE PICTURE TO SHOW US!...
Want to know when you can get your grasping, sweaty hands on Nintendo’s latest handheld? Beefy NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that the 3DS will be available in all territories by March 2011. That’s not to say that some territories won’t get it sooner than others, but that’s the current cut-off date for the system’s launch. “We’ll be making individual market decisions in terms of what’s happening in Japan, what’s happening in the Americas, what’s happening in Europe,” explains the meaty executive....
If you’re playing Atlus Online’s free-to-play MMONeo Steam: The Shattered Continent, here’s a nice gift for you just in time for Valentine’s Day. The gift comes out to about a $5 value, but this Destructoid-exclusive code will get you the goods for free. Everyone that reads this can enter this magic code to get these free goodies in-game: On the account sectionwww.atlusonline.com, click on Promo Codes and enter this code in the space provided:...
We here at Destructoid are responsible people. While we love to give awayamazinglyfunprizes, we also realize that sometimes these rewards aren’t suitable for real-life, emergency situations. Take this scenario, for example: You are sitting by a crackling fire with your new girlfriend. The two of you are sharing the SNES controller while you play through a dramatic game ofFinal Fantasy VI(I know, best girlfriend EVER!). Suddenly, the opera scene begins and the tantalizing MIDI tunes start to tickle you in just the right way....
This is a pretty good deal on some new Xbox 360 games if you’re willing to buy a couple at once. How it works is that youpick from their selection of titles, many of which are new and are about $10 off. You’re going to save $20 on two new titles already. Then, on top of that, Amazon will give you $30 in game store credit, which is about half of another free game....
Gonzo Rosso, the MMO-y, game-y cousin of that similarly named anime company, is now under the control of Atlus. Like a summoned persona. And not the U.S.-based Atlus you’re thinking of, the small subsidiary of the parent company that mostly deals in localization of various Japanese games, but the actual Japanese parent company itself. You know, the guys who actually lovingly craftShin Megami TenseiandPersonagames. Those sickos. Love those sickos. What are they going to do with their majority share (54....
According to an industry analyst’s report, the age when children start using consumer electronics (in particular video games) went from 8.1 in 2005 to 6.7 in 2007. Huge sales of handheld systems (especially Nintendo’s cash cow the DS) can mostly be attributed to the decreasing statistic, with children-oriented blockbusters likePokémonselling through the roof. Strangely enough, the average age of gamers in general still holds at around 33, making me assume that Nintendo’s current plan to attractcotton topsis working rather well....
I made one of those Once Upon a Pixel things again. It premiered last Monday, but if you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve got a linkright here. You might like it! It’s onSilent Hill 2. If you have watched it, you may be interested in how it came to be. You’re in luck! I’ve also made one of those Once Upon a Pixel retrospective thingies again. You can read it by hitting the jump link below....
I have, in this very post, the stuff of legend. It is, without doubt, the greatest trailer for a videogame which has ever been seen on this or any website1. Which is probably necessary, since the game that it’s for is based on the upcoming Disney animated feature,G-Force. I mean, sure, the movie looks to be a fun, family adventure but I can’t say that I have a lot of confidence that the game will measure up in the same way....
In the days before videogame journalism owned my soul, I could often be found in used bookstores perusing shelf after shelf of aging tomes, looking for that lit nerd’s holy grail so often hidden there. Although the harsh reality of teaching salaries has come to crush the dream that I might one day talk about books for a living, I have to say I get a special twitch when I see classic literature worked into the modern world in creative ways....
